The Color of Music with Henry Butler & Lonnie Holley
Get out your Crayolas and sketch pads, as we fill in the spectrum of musical colors... from red hot jazz to cool blues. What do we see when we hear music? We dig back into the archives for our epic interview with the late, blind New Orleans piano professor Henry Butler about his eclectic musical visions. Then self-taught visual artist Lonnie Holley expands his cosmic imagery into words and music to heal society on what he calls "the mothership”-- Earth. Plus, word jazz maestro Ken Nordine narrates the paint palette; Nina Simone plays "Mood Indigo"; George Jones sings "Color of the Blues"; and Los Lobos describe the power of the Lavender Moon.
HOUR ONE
Open Bed: Blues for All Seasons Henry Butler
For All Seasons, Atlantic
I Used to be Color Blind Anita O'Day
Blue Skies: The Irving Berling Songbook, Verve
Choice of Colors The Impressions
Big Ol' Box of 60s Soul, Rhino
Blue Moon of Kentucky Bill Monroe and his Blue Grass Boys
The Early Years, Vanguard
Blue Moon of Kentucky Elvis Presley
The King of Rock 'N' Roll: The Complete 50s Masters, RCA
Blue Moon Bobby 'Blue' Bland
Turn On Your Love Light, MCA
Yellow Moon The Neville Brothers
Yellow Moon, A & M
Stagger Lee Lloyd Price
Greatest Hits, Curb
Instrumental: Mellow Yellow Odell Brown
The History of Chess Jazz, Chess
Song With Orange Charles Mingus
This is Jazz 6: Charles Mingus, Columbia
Orange Ken Nordine
Colors, Philips
The Emperor of Oranges Milky
Songs for the Jet Set, Jet Set
La vie en rose Edith Piaf
Anthology: La vie en rose, Vol. 2, Blue Moon
Little Dark Eyes Geno Delafose
La Chanson Perdue, Rounder
Instrumental: Odyssey James Carter w/Henry Butler
In Carterian Fashion, Atlantic
SEGMENT: Henry Butler
I'm Painting the Town Red Billie Holiday
The Billie Holiday Story Vol. 2, Columbia
White Sport Coat and a Pink Carnation Marty Robbins
The Story of My Life: The Best of Marty Robbins, Columbia/Legacy
End Bed: Basin Street Blues Henry Butler
American Routes Live Recording
HOUR TWO
Open Bed: Keeping a Record of it Lonnie Holley
Keeping a Record of It, Dust to Digital
Colors Introduction Tank & the Bangas
Green Balloon, Verve
Lavender Ken Nordine
Colors, Snail Jazz
Kiko and the Lavender Moon Los Lobos
Kiko, Slash
Bemba Colorá Celia Cruz
Son Con Guaguancó, Craft
Mood Indigo Nina Simone
Little Girl Blue, BMG
Black is the Color Rhiannon Giddens
Tomorrow is My Turn, Nonesuch
Little Red Rooster Sam Cooke
Nightbeat, RCA
Instrumental: Green River The Ventures
Swamp Rock, Capitol
Blue Days, Black Nights Buddy Holly
From the Vaults: Decca Country Classics 1934-1973, MCA
Color of the Blues George Jones
The Essential George Jones, Sony
Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain Willie Nelson
Red Headed Stranger, Sony
Purple Rain Drops Stevie Wonder
Additional Singles and Rarities, Motown
Instrumental: Soul Conversations Ulysses Owens, Jr. Big Band
Soul Conversations, Ulysses Owens Jr.
SEGMENT: Lonnie Holley
It's a Mighty World Odetta
Odetta- It's a Mighty World, RCA Victor
Mother Earth Tracy Nelson and Mother Earth
Living with the Animals, UMG
End Bed: Hey Slim Memphis Slim
Raining the Blues, Fantasy